Cedar Lake Speedway
Fast Facts: Cedar Lake's 37th annual USA Nationals
By Aaron Clay
DirtonDirt.com managing editor
Dates: Aug. 1-3 with $6,000-to-win preliminary programs Thursday and Friday setting the lineup for Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale
Track: Cedar Lake Speedway (high-banked 3/8-mile dirt oval)
Location: New Richmond, Wis.
Purse: $50,000-to-win Late Model feature
Sanction: World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series
Streaming: Live on DIRTVision
Last year’s winner: Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., his first career USA Nationals triumph.
Tickets: Three-day advance sales $110 for adults, $55 for students; day-by-by ticketing options below.
Websites: cedarlakespeedway.com and worldofoutlaws.com/latemodels
Track phone: (612) 363-0479
Notes: Less than a week removed from the Prairie Dirt Classic at Fairbury (Ill.) Speedway, World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series competitors invade Cedar Lake Speedway for the 37th annual USA Nationals. … The three-day event kicks off with 30-lap, $6,000-to-win prelims on Thursday and Friday with a driver's better preliminary points night setting up the top 16 locked into into Saturday’s 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale; dashes, consolations and a last-chance race precede Saturday’s main event. … Reigning series champion Bobby Pierce of Oakwood, Ill., is fresh off his first career PDC victory and an 11-win month of July. He enters as the defending event winner after narrowly beating Hudson O’Neal at the line to claim last year’s $50,000 payday. … Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., led all 100 laps of 2022’s USA Nationals, earning his third career $50,000 event victory. … Current series points leader Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., seeks his second career USA Nationals after collecting $50,000 in 2018. … Sammy Mars, son of National Dirt Late Model Hall of Famer Jimmy Mars, recently picked up his first career Late Model touring series victory at Cedar Lake on July 20 and enters the event for the first time. … Drivers topping Fans Fund voting to receive donated travel money: Ricky Weiss, Jason Feger, Scott Bloomquist, Ricky Thornton Jr., Gordy Gundaker, Bob Gardner, Trevor Gundaker, Daniel Adam, Kye Blight, Tim McCreadie, Ethan Dotson and Garrett Smith. ... Cedar Lake's Limited Late Models are on the undercard competing for $2,500-to-win nightly. … Pits open at 2 p.m. daily, with grandstands opening at 5 on Thursday and Friday before opening one hour earlier for Saturday’s finale. Racing begins at 7, nightly.
Correction: Fixes how preliminary points lock in Saturday's top 16 drivers.
USA Nationals winners
Year: Winner, hometown
2023: Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, Ill.
2022: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2021: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2020: Brandon Overton, Evans, Ga.
2019: Chris Madden, Gray Court, S.C.
2018: Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, Ill.
2017: Don O’Neal, Martinsville, Ind.
2016: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2015: Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, Ga.
2014: Jimmy Owens, Newport, Tenn.
2013: Tim McCreadie, Watertown, N.Y.
2012: Darrell Lanigan, Union, Ky.
2011: Josh Richards, Shinnston, W.Va.
2010: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2009: Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, Wis.
2008: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2007: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2006: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2005: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2004: Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, Iowa
2003: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
2002: Rick Eckert, York, Pa.
2001: Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, Ga.
2000: Davey Johnson, Greensburg, Pa.
1999: Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, Tenn.
1998: Donnie Moran, Dresden, Ohio
1997: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1996: Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound, Wis.
1995: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1994: Jack Boggs, Grayson, Ky.
1993: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1992: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1991: Rick Aukland, Fargo, N.D.
1990: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1989: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
1988: Billy Moyer, Batesville, Ark.
Saturday’s USA Nationals purse
1. $50,000
2. $20,000
3. $10,000
4. $6,000
5. $5,000
6. $4,800
7. $4,600
8. $4,400
9. $4,200
10. $4,000
11. $3,800
12. $3,600
13. $3,400
14. $3,350
15. $3,300
16. $3,250
17. $3,200
18. $3,150
19. $3,100
20. $3,075
21. $3,050
22. $3,025
23. $3,010
24.-26. $3,000
Event schedule
(All times local; subject to change)
Thursday
2 p.m.: Pits open
5 p.m.: Grandstands open
6 p.m.: Drivers’ meeting
6:30 p.m.: On-track activity
- Super Late Model hot laps
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Super Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Super Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (25 laps)
- Super Late Models Fans Fund dash (12 laps)
Postrace party in Cedar Lake Arena
Friday
8:30 a.m.: Breakfast served in both restaurants
11 a.m.: Tubing down the Apple River
2 p.m.: Pits open
5 p.m.: Grandstands open
6:30 p.m.: On-track activity
- Super Late Model hot laps
- Limited Late Model hot laps
- Super Late Model time trials (2 laps)
Opening ceremonies
- Super Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Limited Late Model consolations (10 laps)
Intermission/track prep
- Super Late Model feature (30 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (25 laps)
- Super Late Models Fans Fund dash (12 laps)
Postrace party in the Cedar Lake Arena
Saturday
8:30 a.m.: Breakfast served in both restaurants
11 a.m.: Tubing down the Apple River
12:30 p.m.: Fans Fund luncheon
2 p.m.: Pits open
4 p.m.: Grandstands open
4:30 p.m.: Drivers’ autograph session
6:30 p.m.: On-track activity
- Super Late Model hot laps (consolation entrants)
- Limited Late Model hot laps
Opening ceremonies
- Super Late Model consolations (10 laps)
- Limited Late Model heats (8 laps)
- Super Late Model hot laps (locked-in entrants)
- Limited Late Model consolations (12 laps)
- Super Late Model last chance (15 laps)
- Limited Late Model feature (30 laps)
Track prep and driver introductions
- 37th annual USA Nationals (100 laps)
Tickets
Thursday
Three-day general admission: $110 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $55 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day general admission: $35 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $17 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $40
Friday
Two-day general admission: $85 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $42 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day general admission: $40 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $20 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $40
Saturday
One-day general admission: $45 for adults (ages 17-and-up); $22 for students (ages 6-to-16)
One-day all access pit pass: $50
Ticket questions/advanced sales, call: (612) 363-0479 or clstickets.com/tickets.asp
Camping
Reserved dry/primitive camping: $60 for the weekend
More information: ticketpeak.co/cedarlake/subscriptions/702
Camping questions: (612) 363-0479
